StartOur Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation: But deliver us from evil. Amen.Hail Mary, full of grace; The Lord is with thee; Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

V. O God, ✠ come to my assistance;R. O Lord, make haste to help me.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.Alleluia.

Psalms{Laudes:2 Psalms and antiphons from the Psalter for the day of the week}Ant. O Lord, wash me Psalm 50 [1]50:3 Have mercy on me, O God, * according to thy great mercy.50:3 And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies * blot out my iniquity.50:4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, * and cleanse me from my sin.50:5 For I know my iniquity, * and my sin is always before me.50:6 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: * that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.50:7 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; * and in sins did my mother conceive me.50:8 For behold thou hast loved truth: * the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.50:9 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: * thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.50:10 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: * and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.50:11 Turn away thy face from my sins, * and blot out all my iniquities.50:12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: * and renew a right spirit within my bowels.50:13 Cast me not away from thy face; * and take not thy holy spirit from me.50:14 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, * and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.50:15 I will teach the unjust thy ways: * and the wicked shall be converted to thee.50:16 Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: * and my tongue shall extol thy justice.50:17 O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: * and my mouth shall declare thy praise.50:18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: * with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.50:19 A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: * a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.50:20 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; * that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.50:21 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: * then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. O Lord, Psalm 64 [2]64:2 A hymn, O God, becometh thee in Sion: * and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem.64:3 O hear my prayer: * all flesh shall come to thee.64:4 The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: * and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.64:5 Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: * he shall dwell in thy courts.64:5 We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple, * wonderful in justice.64:6 Hear us, O God our saviour, * who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.64:7 Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power: * who troublest the depth of the sea, the noise of its waves.64:8 The Gentiles shall be troubled, and they that dwell in the uttermost borders shall be afraid at thy signs: * thou shalt make the outgoings of the morning and of the evening to be joyful.64:10 Thou hast visited the earth, and hast plentifully watered it; * thou hast many ways enriched it.64:10 The river of God is filled with water, thou hast prepared their food; * for so is its preparation.64:11 Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; * it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.64:12 Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: * and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.64:13 The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: * and the hills shall be girded about with joy.64:14 The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: * they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. I walked in the innocence Psalm 100 [3]100:1 Mercy and judgment * I will sing to thee, O Lord:100:2 I will sing, and I will understand in the unspotted way, * when thou shalt come to me.100:2 I walked in the innocence of my heart, * in the midst of my house.100:3 I did not set before my eyes any unjust thing: * I hated the workers of iniquities.100:4 The perverse heart did not cleave to me: * and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.100:5 The man that in private detracted his neighbour, * him did I persecute.100:5 With him that had a proud eye, and an unsatiable heart, * I would not eat.100:6 My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: * the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.100:7 He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: * he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.100:8 In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: * that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. My heart hath rejoiced ‡Canticle of Anna [4](Canticle of Anna * 1 Sam 2:1-16)2:1 My heart hath rejoiced ‡ in the Lord, * and my horn is exalted in my God:2:2 My mouth is enlarged over my enemies: * because I have joyed in thy salvation.2:3 There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, * and there is none strong like our God.2:4 Do not multiply to speak lofty things, * boasting:2:5 Let old matters depart from your mouth: for the Lord is a God of all knowledge, * and to him are thoughts prepared.2:6 The bow of the mighty is overcome, * and the weak are girt with strength.2:7 They that were full before have hired out themselves for bread: * and the hungry are filled,2:8 So that the barren hath borne many: * and she that had many children is weakened.2:9 The Lord killeth and maketh alive, * he bringeth down to hell and bringeth back again.2:10 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, * he humbleth and he exalteth.2:11 He raiseth up the needy from the dust, * and lifteth up the poor from the dunghill:2:12 That he may sit with princes, * and hold the throne of glory.2:13 For the poles of the earth are the Lord’s, * and upon them he hath set the world.2:14 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness, * because no man shall prevail by his own strength.2:15 The adversaries of the Lord shall fear him: * and upon them shall he thunder in the heavens.2:16 The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth, and he shall give empire to his king, * and shall exalt the horn of his Christ.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Praise ‡Psalm 145 [5]145:2 Praise ‡ the Lord, O my soul, in my life I will praise the Lord: * I will sing to my God as long as I shall be.145:3 Put not your trust in princes: * in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.145:4 His spirit shall go forth, and he shall return into his earth: * in that day all their thoughts shall perish.145:5 Blessed is he who hath the God of Jacob for his helper, whose hope is in the Lord his God: * who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.145:7 Who keepeth truth for ever: who executeth judgment for them that suffer wrong: * who giveth food to the hungry.145:7 The Lord looseth them that are fettered: * the Lord enlighteneth the blind.145:8 The Lord lifteth up them that are cast down: * the Lord loveth the just.145:9 The Lord keepeth the strangers, he will support the fatherless and the widow: * and the ways of sinners he will destroy.145:10 The Lord shall reign for ever: thy God, O Sion, * unto generation and generation.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Ant. Praise the Lord my soul, he lifts up those who fall, and loves the just.

Chapter Hymn Verse{from the Psalter for the day of the week}Isa 2:3Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.R. Thanks be to God.

HymnHark, a herald voice is calling;
“Christ is nigh,” it seems to say;
“Cast away the dreams of darkness,
O ye children of the day.”

Startled at the solemn warning,
Let the earth-bound soul arise;
Christ, her sun, all sloth dispelling,
Shines upon the morning skies.

Lo, the Lamb, so long expected,
Comes with pardon down from heaven;
Let us haste, with tears of sorrow,
One and all to be forgiven.

So when next he comes with glory,
Wrapping all the earth in fear,
May he then as our defender
On the clouds of heaven appear.

Honour, glory, virtue, merit,
To the Father and the Son,
With the co-eternal Spirit,
While eternal ages run.
Amen.

V. A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord.R. Make straight his paths.

Canticum Benedictus{Antiphon from the Proper of the season}Ant. Out of Zion (Canticle of Zacharias: Luke 1:68-79)1:68 Blessed be the Lord ✠ God of Israel; * because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people:1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, * in the house of David his servant:1:70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, * who are from the beginning:1:71 Salvation from our enemies, * and from the hand of all that hate us:1:72 To perform mercy to our fathers, * and to remember his holy testament,1:73 The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, * that he would grant to us,1:74 That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, * we may serve him without fear,1:75 In holiness and justice before him, * all our days.1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: * for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, * unto the remission of their sins:1:78 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, * in which the Orient from on high hath visited us:1:79 To enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: * to direct our feet into the way of peace.V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.Ant. Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Weekday Intercessions{included}Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. V. And lead us not into temptation: R. But deliver us from evil. V. I said: Lord, be merciful unto me: R. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.V. Turn thee again, O Lord; how long will it be? R. And be gracious unto thy servants. V. Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us.R. As we have hoped in thee.V. Let thy priests be clothed with justice: R. And may thy saints rejoice.V. Let us pray for our most blessed Pope N.R. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. V. Let us pray for our bishop N.R. May he stand firm and care for us in the strength of the Lord, in the might of thy name.In Rome, the preceding Versicle and its Response are omitted. Elsewhere, the name of the local Ordinary is inserted at the letter N. If the Holy See or the See of the local Bishop is vacant, the appropriate V. and R., either or both as the case may be, is omitted.

V. O Lord, save our leaders.R. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.V. O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: R. Govern them and lift them up for ever.V. Remember thy congregation, R. Which thou hast possessed from the beginning. V. Let peace be in thy strength:R. And abundance in thy towers.V. Let us pray for our benefactors.R. O Lord, for thy name's sake, deign to reward with eternal life all who do us good. Amen. V. Let us pray for the faithful departed.R. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.V. May they rest in peace.R. Amen.V. Let us pray for our absent brothers.R. Save thy servants, O God, who put their trust in thee.V. Let us pray for the afflicted and imprisoned.R. Deliver them, God of Israel, from all their tribulations.V. O Lord, send them help from thy sanctuary.R. And defend them out of Sion. V. Turn us again, O Lord, God of Hosts.R. Show us thy face, and we shall be whole.V. Arise, O Christ, and help us.R. And redeem us for thy name's sake.V. O Lord, hear my prayer.R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Prayer{from the Proper of the season}skip second 'O Lord, hear my prayer'Let us pray.Stir up, O Lord, we pray thee, thy strength, and come among us, that whereas through our sins and wickedness we do justly apprehend thy wrathful judgments hanging over us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us;Who livest and reignest with God the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.R. Amen

Commemoration S. Sabbae AbbatisAnt. Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

V. The Lord guided the just in right paths.R. And showed him the kingdom of God.

Let us pray.Let the intercession of the blessed Abbot Sabbas, we beseech thee, O Lord, commend us unto thee, that what by our own merits we are unworthy to receive, we may obtain by his patronage.Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.R. Amen.

ConclusionV. O Lord, hear my prayer.R. And let my cry come unto thee.V. Let us bless the Lord.R. Thanks be to God.V. May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.R. Amen.Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation: But deliver us from evil. Amen.V. May the Lord grant us his peace.R. And life everlasting. Amen.

Final Antiphon of the Blessed Virgin MaryMother of Christ, hear thou thy people's cry
Star of the deep and Portal of the sky!
Mother of Him who thee from nothing made.
Sinking we strive and call to thee for aid:
O, by what joy which Gabriel brought to thee,
Thou Virgin first and last, let us thy mercy see.

V. The Angel of the Lord announced unto Mary.R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.Let us pray.Pour forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts: that as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so too by his Cross and passion may we be brought to the glory of his resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.V. May the divine help ✠ remain with us always.R. Amen.